Planning appeal decision
Kiln Farm, Mountnessing Road, Blackmore, Ingatestone, CM4 0NX
Planning appeal 3336621 at Kiln Farm, Mountnessing Road, Blackmore, Ingatestone, CM4 0NX (Brentwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 December 2024 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including its effects on the openness of the Green Belt.
Permission in Principle for demolition of existing buildings and construction of 5 dwellings using existing access
- Authority
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Price A
- Postcode
- CM4 0NX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including its effects on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether the proposed development would preserve the setting of Grade II listed building, The Barn at Belladale
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness, and the other considerations do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy MG02Policy BE14Policy BE16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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